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Executive-level leadership, scoped to what you need now

A full-time hire is a long commitment during a stage when priorities shift quickly. Fractional leadership gives you the expertise without locking in the overhead.

Full-Time VP / Director

  • Six to twelve month hiring cycle
  • Full salary, equity, and benefits commitment
  • Fixed capacity regardless of program load
  • Ramp-up time before full effectiveness

Fractional Program Executive

  • Engaged within weeks, scoped to the need
  • Cost tied to the work, not a fixed headcount
  • Scales up or down with program demands
  • Eleven years of program leadership, backed by a scientific research background

Flexibility

Program needs change fast in early-stage biotech. Fractional leadership scales with those changes instead of locking your team into a fixed headcount decision made months before you knew what you'd actually need.

Executive expertise, without the wait

A senior hire search can take six months or more, and that's before ramp-up time. Fractional leadership brings a decade of program experience, on top of a bench science foundation, to your team within weeks, not quarters.